"That game was phenomenal," Canada mixed doubles coach Jeff Stoughton wrote in his blog after the match. "I mean, right from the first rock — perfect draws, perfect taps, double-takeouts, a couple in-offs. Kaitlyn and John were clicking on all cylinders, that’s for sure.

With the victory, the Canadians moved to 5-1 and claimed sole possession of top spot on the leaderboard. With all teams having one match remaining in the round robin, Canada has booked its spot in the semifinals.

Lawes and Morris will close out their round robin with a match against South Korea at 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday. Stoughton stressed the importance of not looking past the round robin finale ahead of the playoff round.

"We know we’re going to play in the semifinal on Monday, but we don’t want to take our foot off the gas for [Saturday's]’s game and take anyone lightly," he wrote. "We want to keep the momentum going, so let’s continue to get comfortable out there, let’s continue to make sure we have good rocks — it’s just a mindset of continuing what they’re doing, and not thinking about the semifinal until we get through tomorrow"